Israel Insider with Ashley Perry

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A complex and dramatic secret vote on the make-up of the Judicial Committee saw PM Netanyahu go down to defeat, probably as a result of a rebellion within his own party, the Likud. Does this mean his grip on his party and government has been significantly weakened?

Ashley Perry is an advisor to the Middle East Forum’s Israel office. He served as adviser to Israel's minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister in 2009-15. He is president of Reconectar, an organization dedicated to relinking the over 200 million descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews to Israel and Jewish life. Originally from the UK, he moved to Israel in 2001. He holds a BA from University College London and an MA from Reichman University (IDC Herzliya).